Antonyms for crease
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : krees |
| Phonetic Transcription : kris |
Definition of crease
Origin :- 1660s, altered from creaste "a ridge," perhaps a variant of crest, via meaning "a fold in a length of cloth" (mid-15c.) which produced a crest. As a verb, from 1580s. Related: Creased; creasing.
- noun fold, wrinkle
- verb fold, rumple
- With a crease in his lips which now were dry no longer, he looked at Cassy.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- I punched a hole with a pin in the crease of the envelope at each end.
- Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe
- You've kept it folded too long, and the goods is all gone along the crease.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
- The other Etonian is already within a couple of yards of the crease.
- Extract from : « The Hill » by Horace Annesley Vachell
- Although not the nearest to him, he resolved to crease this horse.
- Extract from : « The Dog Crusoe and his Master » by R.M. Ballantyne
- “Carew,” he repeated, while a crease came between 41 his eyebrows.
- Extract from : « The Dark Star » by Robert W. Chambers
- The crease in the Dominican philosopher's forehead deepened.
- Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
- Crease and fold on these diagonals, extending the triangle inward.
- Extract from : « Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools » by Virginia McGaw
- One could almost imagine a crease of puzzlement between its eyes.
- Extract from : « Poor Folk in Spain » by Jan Gordon
- Plain cachmires are also much used, because they are not liable to crease.
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VI, November 1850, Vol. I » by Various
Synonyms for crease
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